Swing.



R. J. OLDPIELD.

SWING.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 21, 1am.

1,107,341. Patented Aug.18,1914.

unrrnn STATES rarnurr OFFICE.

RICHARD J. OLDFIELD, OF PHOEBUS,VIRGINIA.

SWING.

Application filed August 21, 1913.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, RICHARD J. OLDFIELD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Phoebus, in the county of Elizabeth City and State of Virginia, have in vented certain new and useful Tinprovements in Swings, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to swings and more particularly to the class of swings known as porch swings wherein the swing is suspended from a ceiling or other overhead support.

The primary aim of the invention is to produce a swing in which the baclorest thereof is self-adjusting to accommodate itselfto the position desired by the occupant, means being provided whereby the back-rest can be readily fastened in any position desired to retain the same stationary relatively to the seat.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved foot-rest and support therefor which permits the foot-rest to be self-adjusting.

lVith the above and other objects in view the invention contemplates improvements in the seat, back-rest, foot-rest, and suspending means whereby the parts of the swing may be selfadjusting to suit the convenience and comfort of the occupant; facilitate swing ing movements, and also to so form the rear suspension that the same yieldably connects the back-rest and seat, to give a spring-effect to the back, and further, to provide fastening means which are a part of the rear suspension so that the back-rest may be held stationary relative to the seat.

In carrying out the objects of the invention as generally stated above it will be readily understood that the essential features thereof are necessarily susceptible to changes in details and structural arrangements, a simple and preferred embodiment thereof being shown in the accompanyiifig drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved swing. Fig. 2 is a side view thereof, dotted lines being used to indicate the back rest in an inclined position.

The improved swing forming the subjectmatter of this invention, in its preferred embodiment, comprises a seat 1; a bac -rest 2, the lower edge of which has hinge connections 8 with the rear of the seat 1; and a foot-rest 4 that has the rear ends of its side bars 5 pivotally connected to the lower ends of hangers 6 detachably connected to and Specification 01 Letters Patent.

Patented A11 18, 1914.

Serial No. 785,860.

depending from the front portions of the side bars 7 of the seat 1, the hangers 6 being reinforced by the diagonal braces S that connect the said. bars 7 and said hangers 6. Side guards 9 are provided for the seat, and said guards carry the flat arm-rests 10.

The swing, as described, is formed of wood, and the seat, side-guards, foot-rest and back-rest, are preferably formed of, or include, spaced, parallel slats which afford simple, convenient, and ornamental ventilating and draining facilities.

The side bars 11 of the back-rest 2 each have a laterally projecting arm 12 fastened thereto, the arms being preferably of metal and having enlarged ends fastened to the bars. The arms 12 overlap the outer sides of the side guards 9 and are curved on the are of the circle upon which the back-rest swings, and their outer, or free, ends are provided with longitudinally extending slots 13, through which thumb-screws 14 carried by the side guards project. At their intermediate portions the arms 12 are enlarged to provide the upper and lower ears 15 and 15.

The outer surface of each side bar of the seat 1 is provided at its front and rear end 1.

portions with upstanding straps 16 and 17, respectively, which terminate at their upper ends in the hooks 18 and 19. The hooks 1S engage the end rings 20 of the front suspending chains 21 that depend from the porch ceiling or other overhead support, and the hooks 19 are engaged by the end rings 22 of the short chains 23 that depend from the lower cars 15 of the arms 12. The upper ears 15 of the arms 12 are connected to the ceiling or other overhead support by the rear suspending chains 24.

The front ends of the outer surfaces of the side bars of the foot-rest 4t carry hooks 25, to which the lowerends of the rings 26 of the front suspending chains 27 are connected.

It will be observed that the swing is suspended by means of the chains 21, 24123, and 27, and the arms 12, and that as said arms 12 connect the chains 232 1 and are carried by the back-rest 2, the said backrest is normally held from a rearwardly inclined position by the chains 2321, and when the seat is occupied and the occupant desired to recline, outward movement of the back-rest is yieldably opposed by said chains 282 1-. In other words, the chains 23*24. have a spring-effect on the back-rest that op poses movement of the back-rest away from the seat, and that therefore the back-rest automatically adjusts itself to the position desired by the occupant. It will also be clear, that the arms 12 serve as levers which cooperate with the chains 23 24 to facilitate swinging movements. Normally the thumbscrews it serve as guides for the arms or levers 12, but when desired, said thumbscrews can be readily tightened to clamp the levers 12 to the side-guards and thereby retain the back-rest stationary relative to the seat 1.

The manner of connecting the chains to the hooks 18, 19, and 25, obviously permits the necessary pivotal movements, and also facilitates attaching or detaching the chains from said hooks. And the described piv' otal connection of the foot-rest 4L with the seat 1, through the hangers 6, permits the necessary relative movements of the footrest to the seat 1.

It will be observed that the hangers (5, braces 8, foot-rest 1 and seat 1 are connected by means of bolts, such connections permitting the parts to be readily separated when desired so that packing or shipping of the swing is facilitated; It will also be observed that the hangers 6 are connected by means of slats which are designated by the numeral 28, thus forming guards for the skirts of the occupant.

hat I claim as my invention is 1. A swing comprising a seat provided with rigid sides, a back-rest hinged thereto and provided with laterally projecting lever arms that overlap the sides of the seat, said lever arms being provided with longitudinal slots adjacent their free ends, suspending chains connected to intermediate portions of the lever arms, chains connecting intermediate portions of the lever arms with the rear of the seat, front suspending chains for the seat, and clamping means carried by the sides of the seat and projecting through the slots in the lever arms.

2. Av swing comprising a seat, a back-rest hinged thereto, laterally projecting lever arms rigidly fastened to the back-rest and overlapping the sides of the seat, suspending cables for the front of the seat, suspending cables connected to intermediate portions of the lever arms, cables connecting intermediate portions of the lever arms to the seat, and means carried by the sides of the seat for clamping the lever arms thereto.

3. A swing comprising a seat, a back-rest hinged thereto, laterally projecting lever arms carried by the back-rest and overlapping the sides of the seat, said arms having upper and lower oppositely disposed laterally projecting intermediate ears and hav ing longitudinal slots in their free end portions, suspending cables for the front of the seat suspending cables engaging the upper ears of the lever arms, cables connecting the lower ears of the lever arms with the seat, and clamping means carried by the sides of the seat and projecting through theslots in the lever arms.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RICHARD J. OLDFIELD. Witnesses:

C. R. POWER, 7. R. lVILLIAMs.

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